Emerging markets - publications

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Buying into China
This flyer highlights a number of opportunities and challenges China's growth is posing on the industrial products sector, including significant strategic, financial and operational issues that potential foreign buyers need to consider.

Buying into India
India presents wide ranging investment opportunities and options in the industrial products sector. However, significant strategic, financial and operational issues need to be considered by potential foreign buyers during a transaction in India.

Paper and packaging market in China: China risks & rewards
This study aims to help companies in the industry assess the risks and rewards of entering or expanding in China. It analyses the economic, political and cultural factors underpinning opportunities and risks for global players in paper and packaging.

Global forest and paper industry survey - 2007
This survey comprises an analysis of the financial results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Top 100 global forest and paper companies, as well as providing articles on current key industry issues.

Central and Eastern Europe: Prescription for growth
This publication focuses principally on the countries recently acceded to the European Union. With stable economies and solid medical credentials, the new Central and Eastern European members of the European Union look promising places for development and manufacturing.

India: Prescription for growth
This report examines the attractions of what could become one of the world's most significant pharmaceuticals markets. It outlines how a combination of economic, demographic, educational and legal factors could help drive this growth.

Latin-America: Prescription for growth
This report assesses the positive prospects for the Latin American pharmaceutical market and outlines the approaches foreign investors in the sector should consider in their plans to break into this diverse region.

China: Prescription for growth
This report outlines how, with an increasingly affluent population and a strong biopharmaceuticals sector, China is a very attractive market. But the report also identifies the major risks, including government policies, lack of IP protection and trading risks.

The Evolution of BPO in India
This report aims to capture the changing landscape of the Indian off-shoring industry and provide critical insight into the key strategic and operational issues that service-providers are being asked to address.

The world in 2050 - impact of global growth on carbon emissions
The World in 2050: focuses on implications of global growth for carbon emissions and climate change policy. Topics include the rapid economic growth of emerging countries — together with continued more moderate growth in today's advanced economies — could have serious long-term consequences for global energy consumption and carbon emissions.

The world in 2050: How big will the emerging markets economies get and how can the OECD compete?
The shift in economic power to emerging countries such as India and China is an opportunity to boost trade rather than an economic death knell, according to this PwC report.

Balancing risk & reward - the PwC EM20 index
PricewaterhouseCoopers has developed a new fresh approach to help inform investment decisions, the PwC EM20 Index.

Crossboarder - managing joint ventures in emerging markets
A review the advantages and disadvantages of joint venturing with a local company when operating in emerging markets.

The Financial Director Guide to: Emerging Markets
This guide to doing business in high-growth emerging markets was produced in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Pathfinder service
PwC's Pathfinder Service assists clients with the often complex formalities and registration requirements of setting up in a new overseas location. Our service helps companies expanding into major countries within Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.